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Saturday, April 16, 2022 |
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UHERO is my new housing policy hero
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 11:56 PM :: 2178 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... Delays, zoning rules and a long pathway to approval make homebuilding difficult and expensive ....
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Thursday, April 14, 2022 |
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VIDEO: Measuring the Burden of Housing Regulation in Hawaii
By UHERO @ 6:44 AM :: 2083 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... One of the factors that may explain Hawaii’s high home prices are government regulations that limit the ability of the housing market to create the units necessary to meet demand ....
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Monday, April 4, 2022 |
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Justice Department Alleges Disability Discrimination in Hawaii Condos
By News Release @ 4:33 PM :: 1657 Views :: Development
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... alleging that 14 entities designed and constructed five condominium and apartment complexes in Hawaii without accessible features required by the Fair Housing Act ....
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Saturday, March 19, 2022 |
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HB1837 HD1 a good vehicle for identifying Hawaii housing barriers
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:44 PM :: 1672 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... first step toward identifying the regulatory barriers that restrain homebuilding in Hawaii and has led to the state’s notoriously high cost of housing ....
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Sunday, March 13, 2022 |
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Can we please try some housing policies that work, like the ‘Tokyo model’?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 6:18 PM :: 2449 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... Hawaii had robust housing construction up until about 1972 or 1973, but then it collapsed and it has never recovered ....
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Wednesday, March 9, 2022 |
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'Tokyo Model' Can Create More Housing for Hawaii
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:00 PM :: 2307 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... how Tokyo’s deregulation of its housing market resulted in more housing availability and affordable housing prices ....
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Wednesday, March 9, 2022 |
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Maui’s Automated Planning and Permitting System to launch April 18
By News Release @ 10:00 AM :: 1747 Views :: Maui County, Development
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... a new, web-based software designed to support planning and permit processing ....
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Sunday, February 13, 2022 |
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America’s Rising Housing Prices
By Selected News Articles @ 3:27 AM :: 2240 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... In 1961, Hawaii became the first state in the nation to pass a growth-management law. ...
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Sunday, February 6, 2022 |
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ALOHA Homes: Unintended Consequences
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:49 PM :: 1812 Views :: Development, Cost of Living
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... the ALOHA homes program as currently envisioned in this bill would result in an expensive, nonsustainable government project that would fail to effectively assist those it is intended to help ....
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Thursday, February 3, 2022 |
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SB2242 Hikes both income and capital gains taxes
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:46 AM :: 3819 Views :: Development, Small Business, Taxes
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... thus raising the state’s top income tax rate from 11% to 13% ....
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Monday, January 31, 2022 |
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“11th Hour” changes could jeopardize property rights of Kahoma Village residents
By News Release @ 10:28 PM :: 2656 Views :: Maui County, Development
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..."I am always concerned by any piece of legislation that is not signed by Corporation Counsel...." -- Mayor Victorino
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Saturday, January 29, 2022 |
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Blangiardi Exempts Affordable rentals from GE Tax
By News Release @ 4:31 PM :: 2743 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Taxes
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... New incentives approved to spur development of affordable rentals ....
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Saturday, January 8, 2022 |
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Hotel moratorium bill: Maui Council Overrides Veto
By News Release @ 2:19 PM :: 3346 Views :: Maui County, Development, Tourism
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“If we don’t provide the right type of visitor accommodations in the right places, we could see an influx of vacation rentals in our residential neighborhoods."
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Thursday, January 6, 2022 |
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Statewide Historic Preservation Plan to be Updated
By News Release @ 3:02 AM :: 1936 Views :: Development, Land Use, OHA
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... The first meeting is scheduled for 5:30-8:30 PM, Friday, January 14 ....
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Monday, October 25, 2021 |
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Budget crisis not needed to solve housing crisis
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:35 PM :: 2363 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Land Use
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... These are suggestions that are broadly supported and would require little if any taxpayer investment ....
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Saturday, October 23, 2021 |
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City to hold hearings on new affordable housing rules
By News Release @ 2:09 PM :: 2124 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Cost of Living
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... DPP will hold two public hearings to gather community input on the newly proposed measures ....
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Sunday, August 8, 2021 |
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A Policy Statement About Fines
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 3177 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Law Enforcement
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... Bill 17 would allow the city’s Department of Planning and Permitting to record liens against property and then to foreclose on the liens....
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Wednesday, August 4, 2021 |
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White House Touts 'Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act' for Hawaii
By News Release @ 11:59 PM :: 3127 Views :: National News, Development, Rail
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"...For decades, infrastructure in Hawaii has suffered from a systemic lack of investment...."
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Tuesday, July 20, 2021 |
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Mayor Victorino vetoes hotel construction moratorium bill
By News Release @ 10:48 PM :: 2799 Views :: Maui County, Development, Tourism
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"... concerned about unintended consequences such as pushing hospitality developments into communities outside of Maui’s resort areas ...."
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Monday, July 19, 2021 |
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Next Boondoggle: USACE, City of Honolulu Sign Agreement for Ala Wai Flood Study
By News Release @ 11:02 PM :: 3458 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Development, Military
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... The signing allows USACE and the City and County of Honolulu to develop a salespitch that appears to balance costs and environmental impacts ....
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Monday, July 12, 2021 |
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NASA: Moon Wobble to Cause Coastal Flooding
By Selected News Articles @ 11:02 PM :: 4450 Views :: Environment, World News, Development, Land Use
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... But don't worry. We are still going to blame global warming ....
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Wednesday, July 7, 2021 |
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Mayor Victorino to reserve additional water source allocation for affordable housing
By News Release @ 3:17 AM :: 2262 Views :: Maui County, Development
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“...I am prioritizing our resident workforce as the first beneficiaries of this water to motivate construction of right-priced housing as soon as possible....”
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Sunday, June 20, 2021 |
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State Supreme Court: With Environmentalism Anybody Can Veto Affordable Housing
By Robert Thomas @ 4:54 AM :: 4849 Views :: Maui County, Environment, Development, Greenmail, Judiciary, Land Use
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... Anyone Claiming That An Affordable Housing Project Might Impact Their Property Interests In A "Clean And Healthful Environment" Has Standing To Object ....
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Tuesday, June 15, 2021 |
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DOJ: Chinese Money Laundering Buys Big Island Properties
By News Release @ 12:50 PM :: 4081 Views :: Hawaii County , Development, Law Enforcement
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... routed the proceeds of these schemes through at least six pieces of real estate on the Island of Hawaii ....
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Saturday, June 12, 2021 |
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FBI Raids Lead to Shakeup at Planning Commission?
By Andrew Walden @ 9:58 PM :: 5527 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Development
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... Federal authorities, March 30, 2021, unsealed indictments charging six DPP employees in a bribery scheme going back as far as 2012. Challacombe had been Deputy Director of the Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting from 2013-2016, and then Acting Director in 2016-17 ....
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Friday, May 28, 2021 |
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OHA seeking Development Consultant for commercial properties
By News Release @ 7:24 PM :: 2139 Views :: Development, OHA
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... The selected individual or firm is expected to have an initial focus on select parcels located at Kakaʻako Makai and an eventual focus on parcels at OHA’s Nā Lama Kukui Lifestyle & Design Center in Iwilei ....
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Friday, May 14, 2021 |
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Everyone wants affordable housing
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 7:38 PM :: 2713 Views :: Maui County, Development, Cost of Living
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... We want a Hawaii where everyone who wants to buy a home can buy one in their price range ....
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Tuesday, May 11, 2021 |
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The affordable housing trap - Mandates can't create more housing
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 7:16 PM :: 2792 Views :: Maui County, Development, Cost of Living
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... why housing prices have soared statewide and why affordability mandates won’t have the desired results ....
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Saturday, May 8, 2021 |
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Mayor Victorino Bill 10 Veto Upheld, Saves Affordable Housing
By News Release @ 2:19 PM :: 5487 Views :: Maui County, Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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"... In theory, Bill 10 would require more affordable housing to be built, but in reality, history has shown that such additional restrictions have the opposite effect ....”
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Friday, May 7, 2021 |
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Creating Facts on the Ground: Stadium Authority Rushes Decision to Demolish Aloha Stadium
By News Release @ 3:45 AM :: 4138 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Hawaii State Government, Higher Education, Rail, Tourism
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... In a special Stadium Authority Board Meeting this morning (Thursday, May 6), the Board confirmed and voted for an early demolition of the existing stadium location ....
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Friday, April 30, 2021 |
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Locals Worry Wind and Solar Will Gobble Up Forests and Farms
By Selected News Articles @ 2:05 PM :: 3260 Views :: Energy, Environment, Development
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... locals are pushing back, saying that forests and farmlands should not be sacrificed in the fight against climate change ....
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Tuesday, April 27, 2021 |
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Red tape hurts Maui housing
By Video @ 6:06 AM :: 3184 Views :: Maui County, Development, Cost of Living
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... Maui County Councilmember Yuki Lei Sugimura discusses with Grassroot Institute president Keli’i Akina the detrimental impact such a well-intentioned but wrong-headed policy might have on affordable housing ....
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Friday, April 23, 2021 |
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How high housing prices are encouraging residents to leave Hawaii
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:57 AM :: 3539 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... How to make housing affordable and help stop the exodus ....
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Thursday, April 15, 2021 |
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After Kaka'ako Makai Debacle: 'OHA Shall Seek Decision Making Influence over All Land in Hawai'i'
By Andrew Walden @ 6:08 AM :: 4603 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Development, Land Use, OHA
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... OHA shall promote the idea that every property in Hawai'i is sacred and pursue initiatives that help achieve a broad acceptance of this truth ....
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Friday, April 9, 2021 |
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Maui Beware!
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 10:48 PM :: 4215 Views :: Maui County, Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... This would give Maui the second most restrictive affordable-housing law in the country ....
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Wednesday, March 31, 2021 |
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Feds Bust Six in DPP Bribery Scheme
By Selected News Articles @ 1:04 AM :: 7154 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Development
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... Federal corruption probe targets DPP staffers and one local architect ....
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Friday, March 19, 2021 |
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Grassroot Institute Legislative Update
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:55 AM :: 3647 Views :: Ethics, Development, Hawaii State Government, Taxes, COVID-19
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... Hawaii's Legislature is about halfway through its 2021 session, and if we're lucky, the good will outweigh the bad when it's over ....
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Wednesday, March 17, 2021 |
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Kaka'ako Makai: House Will Not Hear OHA Upzone Bill
By News Release @ 4:30 AM :: 3180 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, OHA
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" ... Senator Moriwaki and I will attempt to work with OHA to explore alternatives to developing Kakaʻako Makai ...."
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Monday, March 15, 2021 |
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Senate Sends Housing Bills to House
By News Release @ 6:06 PM :: 2793 Views :: Development, Hawaii State Government, Land Use
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... Establishes the ALOHA homes program to develop low-cost homes on state-owned and county-owned land in urban redevelopment sites to be sold in leasehold by the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation ....
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Thursday, March 11, 2021 |
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How 'Affordable' Housing rules often result in no homebuilding
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:04 AM :: 4116 Views :: Maui County, Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... A Maui bill to increase affordability requirements is the backdrop for a discussion on how current housing policy can be improved ....
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Monday, March 1, 2021 |
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Why It's Time for OHA to Develop Kaka'ako Makai!
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 8:00 PM :: 2458 Views :: Development, OHA
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... virtually no development has taken place on this valuable property since OHA acquired it ....
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Saturday, February 27, 2021 |
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ALOHA Homes: Unintended Consequences
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:17 PM :: 3221 Views :: Development, Cost of Living
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... the ALOHA homes program as currently envisioned in SB1 likely would result in an expensive, non-sustainable government project that would fail ....
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Monday, February 22, 2021 |
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SCOTUS Refuses to Hear Bridge Aina Lea Case
By Robert Thomas @ 4:00 PM :: 3888 Views :: Hawaii County , Development, Land Use
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"... If there is no such thing as a regulatory taking, we should say so ...."
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Friday, February 12, 2021 |
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Bills on the Move: Conveyance Tax, Pension Suspension, Un-Affordable Housing
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:28 AM :: 3568 Views :: Maui County, Development, Taxes, COVID-19
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... increasing Hawaii's tax burden at a time when its economy is in its worst depression ever ....
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Tuesday, February 9, 2021 |
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Four Bills to Make Housing More Affordable
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:06 AM :: 2668 Views :: Development, Cost of Living
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... lift zoning restrictions that hamper creative solutions to the lack of affordable housing ....
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Tuesday, February 9, 2021 |
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Auditor: Stadium Authority has substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 3:28 AM :: 4324 Views :: Development, Higher Education, Tourism
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... the Authority reported total revenues of $6.9 million and total expenses of $13.5 million, resulting in a net loss of $6.6 million ....
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Sunday, February 7, 2021 |
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Bill 31: Former Meth-head Helps Sand Island Lobby for Property Tax Cap
By Andrew Walden @ 3:02 AM :: 4786 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Development, Taxes, COVID-19
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... It is naturally hard to say no to an ex-tweeker who, at Bishop Estate, achieved the kind of things most Honolulu politicians can only dream of ....
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Wednesday, January 27, 2021 |
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Bridge Aina Lea: 9th Circuit Allows Case to go Forward
By Robert Thomas @ 4:42 AM :: 3938 Views :: Hawaii County , Development, Land Use
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... The district court's judgment is reversed, case remanded for the merits ....
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